Pred odhodom na Zemljo je Kononenko vodenje ISS predal Američanki Suniti Williams. Na ISS Rusija in ZDA kljub geopolitičnim napetostim še naprej sodelujeta.

Kononenko in Čub sta v orbiti preživela 374 dni, kar je najdaljše bivanje na ISS med enim samim poletom. Rekord sta podrla v petek. Kozmonavta sta na ISS prispela 15. septembra 2023.

In this photo taken from video released by Roscosmos space corporation, Roscosmos cosmonaut Nikolai Chub sits in a chair shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-25 space capsule carrying NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, south-east of the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (Roscosmos space corporation via AP)

V kapsuli Sojuz MS-25 sta se Oleg Kononenko in Nikolaj Čub (na fotografiji) vrnila skupaj z ameriško astronavtko Tracy Dyson. Foto: AP

Bivali so okoli 400 kilometrov nad Zemljo

Kononenko je med bivanjem v vesolju, med svojo že peto misijo doslej, postavil še en rekord. 60-letnik ruski astronavt je v vesolju skupno preživel več časa kot kdor koli drug, in sicer nekaj ur manj kot 1111 dni. V tem trenutku je edini, ki je bil v vesolju več kot 1.000 dni.

In this photo taken from video released by Roscosmos space corporation, rescue team members help Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko to leave the capsule shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-25 space capsule carrying the NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson and the Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, south-east of the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (Roscosmos space corporation via AP)

Oleg Kononenko Foto: AP

Za Američanko Dyson je bil to tretji polet v vesolje. Na ISS je bivala več kot 180 dni.

In this photo taken from video released by Roscosmos space corporation, the NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson holds a Russian traditional Matryoshka wooden doll depicting her shortly after the landing of the Russian Soyuz MS-25 space capsule carrying the NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson and the Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, south-east of the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (Roscosmos space corporation via AP)

Tracy Dyson po pristanku na Zemlji. Foto: AP 

Absolutni rekord za najdaljši neprekinjen čas v vesolju sicer pripada Rusu Valeriju Poljakovu, ki je na vesoljski postaji Mir med letoma 1994 in 1995 preživel 438 dni.

ISS se razteza na velikosti, ki ustreza nogometnemu igrišču, in kroži v orbiti okoli 400 kilometrov nad Zemljo.

The Soyuz MS-25 space capsule carrying the International Space Station (ISS) crew, formed of Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub and NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, lands in a remote area near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan September 23, 2024. GCTC/Roscosmos/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT.

Kapsula Soyuz MS-25  ob pristanku Foto: Reuters

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